Cyndi J. (cyndij) reviewed on 8/2/2020 + 1031 more book reviews

I liked Dana Cameron's mystery series, so I thought this urban fantasy might be good. It wasn't. It does have nice archaeological bits; the Pandora's Box mythos was clever. But Zoe is a 2D character who does what she does to move the plot along only where Cameron wants her to go. She and her mother have spent their whole lives running and hiding, and when mom dies and the bad guys find Zoe, does she run and hide? Nope. There are scads of supporting characters and for most of them, we don't know whose side they're on. That can be a very suspenseful tactic but here it's just confusing. I think Zoe is supposed to have a love interest here, but we're not sure about him either. The vampires love the sun and are healers, not killers, isn't that special. The Fangborn are dedicated to helping the human race...why is that, exactly? Well because they are. There is a lot of action but it's almost exclusively Zoe running from place to place, with the bad guys (and most of the good guys) apparently knowing where she's going before she does, because they are always only minutes behind her. By the end, I was uninterested in who lived, died, or got the prize. Oh well.

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